MIMOSA


Mimosa homeopathy medicine – drug proving symptoms from Encyclopedia of Pure Materia Medica by TF Allen, published in 1874. It has contributions from R Hughes, C Hering, C Dunham, and A Lippe….


Introduction

Mimosa humilis, Wild. Natural order: Leguminosae. Preparation: Tincture of the leaves.

Mind

Indolent indifference (second day).

Head

Vertigo (second day). Sense of heat within the head (second day). The head seems larger than usual (second day). Headache, with weakness of the stomach (first day). Pain in the sides of the head (third day).

Eye

Inflammation of the eyes (first day). Inflammation of the left eye (fourth day). Itching of the eyes (third day). Dimness of vision (third day). Halo like a rainbow around the candle (second day).

Ear

Whizzing in the ears (tenth day).

Nose

Sneezing (first day). Coryza, and discharge from the nose (first day).

Mouth

Bleeding of the gums (fifth day). Salivation (first day).

Stomach

Stomachache after breakfast (first and second days).

Abdomen

Flatulence (eighth day). Flatulence, with borborygmi (first day). Flatulent colic, in the evening (second day).

Stool

Diarrhoea (third, eighth, and tenth days). Frequent stools with colic (second day). Easy stools (fourth day). Constipation (first day).

Sexual Organs

Inflammatory swelling of the scrotum (third day).

Respiratory Organs

Dry cough in the morning (second day). Difficult breathing (second day). Want of breath (fourth day).

Back and Neck

Violent lancinations in the back, as from a penknife (fifth day).

Extremities in General

Lancinations in the legs and hands (first day). Acute lancinations, now in the arm, now in the leg (fifth day).

Superior Extremities

Twitching of the arm, extending to the chest (first day). Numbness of the arm and right hand, ceasing on movement (fourth day). Inflammatory swelling of the left hand (sixth day). Numbness of the hands. (second day).

Inferior Extremities

Trembling of the legs (first day). Smarting pain in the legs, with paralysis of the knee (first day). Stiffness of the bends of the knees (second day). Swelling of the left ankle, with redness, tension, and lancination (fourth day).

Generalities

Prostration (first day). Pressure at the nape of the neck and the right temple (third day).

Skin

Pimples on the left leg (first day). A pimply excrescence, as large as an almond, on the right leg, with pain and itching; another on the instep (second day). Pimply excrescence on the tendo Achillis (third day). The excrescences on the legs disappear, and similar ones come out on the left arm (fourth day). The pimples disappear (fifth day).

Sleep

Yawning (first and second days). Drowsiness (first day); in evening (second day). Drowsy in the evening, with frequent waking at night (fifth day). Frequent waking at night (second day).

Fever

Horripilation (first and sixth days).

TF Allen
Dr. Timothy Field Allen, M.D. ( 1837 - 1902)

Born in 1837in Westminster, Vermont. . He was an orthodox doctor who converted to homeopathy
Dr. Allen compiled the Encyclopedia of Pure Materia Medica over the course of 10 years.
In 1881 Allen published A Critical Revision of the Encyclopedia of Pure Materia Medica.